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Origin of the Species-Part Two: New Technology
Posted By: Gruntsneedpity<Dodgeneonrose@aol.com>
Date: 30 August 2004, 7:53 PM
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Hakara. Bquartl(July) 2290 A.D.
Unwee threw down his arm and the Hakarans started to fire at the Prophet, but it looked as if it had a shield of some sort. The prophet just stood there, in the middle of the rubble.
The prophet looked around at the fire that was coming down on him from the buildings. 43 Hakarans were firing at him. He made a little smile, then nodded his head.
Its two body guards deactivated their camouflage and started to shoot back at the Hakarans.
"What the? The two body guards!" said one of Unwee's friends.
One guard threw a purple looking ball at the building Unwee was in. They didn't know what it was so they ran out of the room as fast as they could. One of his friends tripped and the ball went off, killing him. It blew the room and two other rooms they were in.
"FALL BACK! We can't win here! MOVE!" shouted Unwee to the other Hakarans.
Unwee was humiliated. He never expected that to happen. The prophet with the shield. The guards with camo.
"If we can get our hands on that we can kick some serious Covie butt," he thought.
The next time he met the Covenant, he would be better prepared. Laser rifles seemed to have some effect, but not a lot. He looked up at the sky and saw blinking lights, and the two moons around his planet. He looked back at his friends and their friends.
"At least we tried," said one of his friends, Nuhg, "we know some of their technology."
"Yes but not enough. If we can produce better weapons we could probably beat them," said Unwee.
"I've heard of something. It's called plasma. I've heard it is quite effective."
"Well, were do we get some?"
"I think at the capitol. But who knows if it was destroyed."
"We are going to have to find out. Rally the resistance members. We are going to the capitol."
Nuhg rounded up the members and they met at Unwee's house. He told them of the plan and they thought it was going to be suicide, because few of them heard that the capitol was completely destroyed.
"Maybe you've heard it but we don't know for sure. Besides, we could use the plasma if it is there."
"Isn't that what the Covenant used? I've heard it was plasma. It did seem effective on us. I vote we go get it," said some one in the resistance.
"Alright, I'm in," said another.
Soon three fourths of the group said they would go, the others said they would stay in case of another Covenant attack. Unwee tried to dissuade them because they wouldn't stand a chance, but it was their choice.
Hakara. Oust(August) 2290 A.D.
Unwee and the 32 members of the resistance moved out seven days after they attacked the Prophet. The capitol was about 100 miles away and they didn't have any vehicles. If they could get enough plasma weapons and more members they would have a mighty resistance against the Covenant.
The Hakarans passed several war-torn villages and saw thousands of dead Hakarans and only few body guards.
"What are those things?" thought Unwee. "Maybe we can use their weapons."
"Hey guys! Come over here, we have some plasma weaponry," he said as he picked up one that was blue and had markings on the side. He also found some tiny, blue balls on the ground with an orange ring around it and it seemed to have a button in the middle of it.
Unwee pressed the button and it started to sizzle. Blue smoke came off it and he thought he should throw it before anything happens. It landed on a guard carcass and stuck to it. Three seconds later, the body was vaporized in a large, blue blast.
"Fascinating. Ooh, what's this?" he thought as he picked up a smaller version of the other weapon he picked up. This one looked greenish. While he picked it up, he must have accidentally triggered it, and it shot a green bolt into a wall ten feet in front of him.
He went over to the wall and examined it. It had melted the metal they used. Something could penetrate the metal they had.
"This should work very well against the Covenant," said Nuhg. "It looks like it should, anyway."
Unwee nodded in agreement. "Take some men and search the bodies for weapons and see if you can find whatever made them invisible. Also, see if you can take their armor off so we can use it. Some other men and I are going to look for some vehicles."
"Alright. I'm on it," he said. He gathered 18 men and started to search the bodies. They took the armor off and started to examine it.
Unwee and the others that were with him looked for some vehicles, and they found a few, but they were too badly damaged. They had given up hope until they came up to a structure and inside they found three hover trucks. They loaded themselves and the equipment they had onto the trucks and searched for Nuhg and the others.
It turned out there were just enough chest plates for everyone. It also turned out they were too big so everybody customized it so it would fit on them. Unwee got a blue colored one as did a lot of others, and Nuhg got a red one, as did only few others. They also found some sort of batteries for the weapons but they didn't know how to use them but they tugged them along with them, just in case they did find out.
Unwee assigned five members to find out how the batteries could be used. Meanwhile, the others set up camp in some woods near a village. They found enough food to sustain them for two months. It was only fifteen more miles to the capitol, and they were going to leave first thing in the morning.
He made sure the guys got plenty of rest before they got to the capitol, in case they did have to fight.
The troops got into the three trucks and made their way to the capitol. It took only 40 minutes to get there, and when they did, it was also damaged.
They could hear gun fire in the city so they thought the Hakarans fighting in the city would be glad they came. They moved closer to the city and found that the main gate was destroyed.
"We have found out how to replace the battery. It's so obvious we didn't think about it. You see this part here" he pointed to a little crack in the gun, "you put the battery right next to it and it expands. Then you push it in and it works like new."
"Good job. Get the word out to the others," said Unwee.
Unwee sent out three soldiers to scout the city and find their allies if there were any left. He waited a while until they finally came back, saying that there were at least 5,000 Hakaran soldiers in the city fighting what they called "Elites."
By now, all the others knew how to change the battery so they all moved into the city. The three scouts were driving the trucks so they would get to the soldiers faster. When they arrived at the location, four regulars came out to greet the reinforcements.
"Nice to have some company. I like the armor, where can we get some?" asked a soldier.
"Off the dead elites," Nuhg replied.
"Where do you need us, sir?" asked Unwee.
"Don't call me sir, I'm not the highest rank here, he is," the soldier said. He pointed to the person next to him and stepped back.
"I'll show you. Follow me," said the officer. Unwee and the others followed him to a building and went inside. He could see wounded soldiers around him when they walked in.
"What happened here?" asked Nuhg. "It looks like you got slaughtered."
"We got bombed from orbit," he replied. "Thousands of people lost their lives in the first bombing. Many more were wounded. Then a second volley came from space and wiped out more of us, then the ships started coming down, and thousands of elites poured out onto the streets, killing anybody they saw. They did take a lot prisoners, as in the other towns and cities. I see you have some plasma weaponry. It's a good thing too, our lasers were useless against them. I need you right here, this is were most of our casualties are."
Unwee crouched next to a window and started to shoot. He saw hundreds of dead Hakaran and Covenant soldiers liter the streets. Nuhg and the others barricaded their windows and started to shoot down at the elites as well.
He looked to were the elites were at and saw a lot of them take up windows, to shoot at the Hakarans. Dropships were landing and taking off behind the buildings the elites garrisoned. He knew this was going to be a long war...
Thank you for reading part two of Origin of the Species. If you have any questions or comments please post and I will write back. Thanx.
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